Holder for garden hose



Sept. 3, 1935.

C. F. REITER HOLDER FOR GARDEN HOSE Filed May 29, 1933 Patented Sept. 3,1935 HOLDER FOR GARDEN HOSE Charles F. Reiter, Minneapolis, Minn.

Application May 29, 1933, Serial No. 673,354

2 Claims.

5 lawn sprinkling and the like wherein nozzles of various sizes may beheld with equal efficiency without the need for adjustments to suit theholder to the nozzle size.

Another object is to provide such a holder wherein operation of clampingmembers when placing a nozzle in the holder is eliminated.

Still another object is to provide such a holder which is very simpleand inexpensive to manufacture.

A further object is to provide such a holder which may be formed from asingle piece of rod or heavy wire.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention willmore fully appear from the following description, made in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, wherein like ref erence characters referto the same or similar parts throughout the various views and in which,

Fig. 1 is a side view of my nozzle holder in operative position andhaving a nozzle equipped hose in operative engagement therewith; and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the holder with anozzle held therein.

Referring to the drawing, my garden hose nozzle holder consists of asuitably bent piece of rod or heavy wire ill. The lower portion Ma ofthe rod to is straight to form a standard adapted at its lower end to bethrust into the ground. The upper portion Nb of the rod ii! is formedinto a nozzle holding member by bending the same into an outwardlyconverging helical shape having an axis angled with respect to thelongitudinal axis of the straight portion lila of the rod. The turns ofthe helix are spaced apart and the smallest end of the helix hassuilicient diameter to permit passage therethrough of the forwardportion of any of the conventional types of garden hose nozzles.

Preferably my nozzle holder should either be constructed of rust andcorrosion resistant metal or be coated, plated, or galvanized to preventrust and corrosion.

In normal use the lower or free end of the standard Illa is thrust intothe ground. A nozzle to be held thereby is introduced, forward endfirst, into the helical member lllb through the larger end thereof. Thenozzle is pushed into the helical member until a portion of the nozzlehaving sufficient diameter wedges in the smaller end of the SATS GFFIQEhelix. The nozzle is then allowed to move downwardly and rearwardlyuntil the flange of the coupling element on its rear end drops betweentwo of the convolutions of the helix to engage the rearmost one of thesetwo convolutions.

The

weight of the nozzle and particularly the weight of the hose to which itis attached will hold the coupling element in engagement with the helixas described above.

It is obvious that engageholder.

It is apparent that I have invented a novel, simple, rugged, andinexpensive nozzle holder capable of holding various sizes of nozzleswithout the need of adjusting means and without the need of clampingdevices or the like.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made inthe form, details, arrangement and proportions of the various partswithout departing from the scope of the present invention.

What is claimed is:-

1. In a holder for a garden hose nozzle, an elongated standard adaptedat its lower end for engaging the ground and a tapering helical membersecured at one of its ends to the remaining end of said standard, saidmember being disposed at an angle to said standard and being adapted fordisposition of said nozzle therewithin.

2. In a holder for a garden hose nozzle, a portable standard adapted foradjustment with respect to the ground in various angular relationsthereto and a tapering helical member secured at one of its ends to theupper end of said standard and disposed at an angle thereto and being ofsuch size and shape as to accommodate and retain a hose nozzle, saidhelical member having a convolution spaced a sufficient distance fromadjacent convolutions and of such size as to engage behind the usualannular shoulder of the nozzle to restrain said nozzle against rearwarddisplacement.

CHARLES F. REITER.

